2024 Presidential Election

Coverage of the 2024 Republican presidential campaign and the presidential general election.
The Floridian is a statewide and national political media platform that covers government affairs, elections, public policy, and campaigns on Florida politics. These are stories from the 2022 midterm election.
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) is referring to President Joe Biden’s (D) administration as “cowards” after members of his cabinet, including Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray, refused to testify publicly at the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) concerning national security threats. ? BREAKING: The Biden admin just pulled out […]
Sen. Rick Scott's team called Hillary Clinton's impending Florida campaign visit "fantastic news" for the Republican Party, echoing conservative claims that enlisting the former First Lady shows Democrats' election "desperation." The Scott team's comments come one day before Clinton is set to speak in Tampa to urge Democrats to get out to vote, and one […]
This vote could see the United States expanding to 51 states with Puerto Rico, and a new poll indicates that many Americans support it.
Gov. Ron DeSantis will enter the fray on Friday in a brutal, historically expensive Ohio Senate race between a popular Democrat incumbent and a new conservative hopeful locked in a dead heat race that could decide the Senate majority party. The Florida Governor will attend Republican candidate Bernie Moreno's 2:30 p.m. rally in Defiance, Ohio […]
President Joe Biden's (D) recent labeling of supporters of former President Donald Trump as "garbage" has been condemned by the Harris-Walz campaign. Still, Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) did not buy it in a recent appearance on Fox News's Ingraham Angle, saying their attempt to dismiss the remark "is the message of a dying campaign." Vice […]
On November 5th, citizens of the island will answer the Puerto Rico political status plebiscites, choosing statehood, independence, or sovereignty in free association with the U.S.
The Florida GOP believes Hillary Clinton's trip to Tampa signals liberal "desperation" ahead of the election, prompted by Joe Biden allegedly calling Trump supporters "garbage" in response to a pro-Trump comedian joking that Puerto Rico is a trash island. Clinton, a former First Lady and contender for President in 2016, is set to campaign for […]
Five days out from Election Day, over 700,000 more Republicans than Democrats have cast ballots in a show of force signifying the conservatives' massive voter registration lead. As of 8:30 a.m. Thursday, 2,787,359 Republicans statewide had voted compared to 2,060,088 Democrats. This number combines both the vote-by-mail category and early voting, which began Oct. 21 […]
The discussion, featuring scholars on the subject, explored the implementation of sanctions against Venezuela and the unintended consequences that might result.
With 6 days until election day, President Donald Trump (R) is defending his supporters, calling them “higher quality.”
Representative Laurel Lee (R-FL) appeared on News Nation to discuss some of the recent takeaways she’s made as a part of the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump. The bipartisan membership of the task force has been asked to investigate and identify the mistakes made on July 13 and how to […]
Former President Donald Trump held a massive rally in New York City's Madison Square Garden on Sunday, with Democrats focusing on the joke made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe about Puerto Rico and amplifying their comparison of Trump to Adolf Hitler. Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) discussed the rally and its coverage in a recent appearance […]
Scott Rasmussen, the veteran pollster, is under the impression that President Donald Trump (R) could win the 2024 presidential election. In the latest polling average from RealClearPolitics, President Trump has a lead over Vice President Kamala Harris (D) in 7 battleground states. Despite recent controversy, and despite star studded appearances for Vice President Harris, polling […]
From name calling to alleged physical action, former Florida Rep. Juan Carlos "JC" Plants (D) is responding to the incident.
Florida Rep. Byron Donalds (R) considers it a great showing, noting that President Trump made it clear he won't "leave New York Behind."
Illegal aliens voting in elections has been a concern for Republicans as incidents of non-citizens being registered to vote have seemingly appeared, prompting Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to introduce a bill making the casting of ballots as an illegal alien a felony. Naming the bill "Judicial Action to Impose Liability for Alien Voters" or "JAIL […]
Senate contender Debbie Mucarsel-Powell on Monday slammed her opponent Rick Scott as a “fraud” and accused Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration of silencing Jewish beliefs just eight days ahead of the election for reddened Florida’s surprisingly tight race. In her bid to upset the fabulously wealthy incumbent, Mucarsel-Powell, a Latina immigrant and former one-term Congresswoman from […]
The Mexican drug cartels are stronger than ever, their power heightened by the ongoing border crisis. Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL), as a former Green Beret, called for the use of military intelligence to "start putting the cartels on their back foot" in a recent appearance on Fox News, especially as these syndicates are working with […]
